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2 Copyright 2011 by Joseph Sorrentino All rights reserved CAUTION: Professionals & amateurs are hereby warned that Customer Service is subject to a royalty. This play is fully protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America, Canada, the British Commonwealth and all other countries of the Copyright Union. RIGHTS RESERVED: All rights to this play are strictly reserved, including professional and amateur stage performance rights. Also reserved are: motion pictures, recitation, lecturing, public reading, radio broadcasting, television, video and the rights of translation into non-english languages. PERFORMANCE RIGHTS & ROYALTY PAYMENTS: All amateur and stock performance rights to this play are controlled exclusively by Brooklyn Publishers, LLC. No amateur or stock production groups or individuals may perform this play without securing license and royalty arrangements in advance from Brooklyn Publishers, LLC. Questions concerning other rights should be addressed to Brooklyn Publishers, LLC. If necessary, we will contact the author or the author s agent. PLEASE NOTE that royalty fees for performing this play can be located online at Brooklyn Publishers, LLC website ( Royalty fees are subject to change without notice. Professional and stock fees will be set upon application in accordance with your producing circumstances. Any licensing requests and inquiries relating to amateur and stock (professional) performance rights should be addressed to Brooklyn Publishers, LLC. You will find our contact information on the following page. Royalty of the required amount must be paid, whether the play is presented for charity or profit and whether or not admission is charged. Only forensics competitions are exempt from this fee. AUTHOR CREDIT: All groups or individuals receiving permission to produce this play must give the author(s) credit in any and all advertisement and publicity relating to the production of this play. The author s billing must appear directly below the title on a separate line where no other written matter appears. The name of the author(s) must be at least 50% as large as the title of the play. No person or entity may receive larger or more prominent credit than that which is given to the author(s). PUBLISHER CREDIT: Whenever this play is produced, all programs, advertisements, flyers or other printed material must include the following notice: Produced by special arrangement with Brooklyn Publishers, LLC ( TRADE MARKS, PUBLIC FIGURES, & MUSICAL WORKS: This play may include references to brand names or public figures. All references are intended only as parody or other legal means of expression. This play may contain suggestions for the performance of a musical work (either in part or in whole). Brooklyn Publishers, LLC have not obtained performing rights of these works. The direction of such works is only a playwright s suggestion, and the play producer should obtain such permissions on their own. The website for the U.S. copyright office is COPYING from the book in any form (in whole or excerpt), whether photocopying, scanning recording, videotaping, storing in a retrieval system, or by any other means, is strictly forbidden without consent of Brooklyn Publishers, LLC. TO PERFORM THIS PLAY 1. Royalty fees must be paid to Brooklyn Publishers, LLC before permission is granted to use and perform the playwright s work. 2. Royalty of the required amount must be paid each time the play is performed, whether the play is presented for charity or profit and whether or not admission is charged. 3. When performing one-acts or full-length plays, enough playbooks must be purchased for cast and crew. 4. Copying or duplication of any part of this script is strictly forbidden. 5. Any changes to the script are not allowed without direct authorization by Brooklyn Publishers, LLC. 6. Credit to the author and publisher is required on all promotional items associated with this play s performance(s). 7. Do not break copyright laws with any of our plays. This is a very serious matter and the consequences can be quite expensive. We must protect our playwrights, who earn their living through the legal payment of script and performance royalties. 8. If you have questions concerning performance rules, contact us by the various ways listed below: Toll-free: Fax: Copying, rather than purchasing cast copies, and/or failure to pay royalties is a federal offense. Cheating us and our wonderful playwrights in this manner will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Please support theatre and follow federal copyright laws.

3 CUSTOMER SERVICE by Joseph Sorrentino CHARACTERS FRANK: A well-dressed, well-spoken man, in his mid-late 30 s. He s an actor. He is trim, self-possessed and just a touch pompous. HARRY: Is not seen, only heard as the voice of the customer service rep. The voice should be one of an older (50 or 60) year-old man; a blue collar worker. PROPS LIST End table Chair Phone Wallet Credit cards DIRECTOR S NOTES: This play should be seen as a tug-of-war between HARRY, the customer service rep, and FRANK. All FRANK wants to do is cancel his credit card while HARRY will use everything in his bag of tricks to prevent that. HARRY s voice and demeanor don t change throughout the play but FRANK becomes increasingly anxious and frustrated. SETTING: At rise, we see FRANK sitting beside a telephone that s on a small stand. His credit card is in his hand and HE s going through an internal debate about canceling it. HE nervously sips a glass of water. Several times HE reaches for the phone only to pull back. Finally, with resolve, HE begins dialing a number for customer service and hums nervously while HE does so. We hear the phone ring on the other end and then we hear HARRY. be monitored for quality assurance and training purposes. And remember, You don t have enough money to buy what you really want. Just use your MystiCard. (As annoying muzak-type music plays, FRANK rolls his eyes and pretends to gag.) HARRY: Hello this is Harry, may I...are you all right, sir? FRANK: What? HARRY: Are you all right? Sounded as if you were choking. FRANK: Oh...oh...no, I m fine. Just a...little tickle in the throat is all. HARRY: Sick? FRANK: Hmm? HARRY: Are you getting sick? Lots of colds and flus going around now, you know...have to be careful. FRANK: It s nothing...like I said, just a tickle. HARRY: Well I m certainly glad to hear that. FRANK: Nice to see a company so concerned. HARRY: Whaddya kiddin? Of course we re concerned. Now what can we do for you today Frank? FRANK: Well actually, I m calling because...wait...how d you know my name? HARRY: Computers...terrific things, aren t they? This little baby right here...i call her Betty...just a little personal touch...anyway, Betty matches incoming calls with our records and then the little gal spits out the name. Shows up right on my screen here. Terrific little things, aren t they? FRANK: They certainly are. I m thinking of taking a computer class once my play closes. HARRY: Play? FRANK: Yes...I m an actor. HARRY: I knew it. Son of a gun, I knew you were an actor. The way you speak, so clear and all...i was thinkin to myself, I bet this guy s an actor. Terrific voice you got there Frank, really terrific. FRANK: Why thank you. That s very kind. Now if I could... HARRY: Hey, since you re an actor, you probably could use MystiCard s unemployment insurance protection. You guys are always lookin for work. FRANK: I guess there have been a few times I was out there poundin the pavement. HARRY: A few? Let s see...whoa...betty s tellin me it s more than a few... that s probably why you fall behind on your payments. FRANK: But see, that s why I m calling. I want to... HARRY: Now Frank, with our insurance, you lose your job and with your track record, we know that s gonna happen, don t we we ll pay your credit card bill for up to a month. A whole month! And at only $89.99, you can t beat it. Sound like a good deal to ya Frank? FRANK: Yes, but... HARRY: Sign you up? FRANK: Uhm...Tell you what...i ll think about it. How s that? Now the reason I called... HARRY: Health insurance? FRANK: Excuse me? HARRY: How bout some health insurance? That may just be a little tickle in your throat right now but in a week or two who knows what it ll turn into? Cold? Flu? Cancer, even. FRANK: Cancer? You really think..?

4 HARRY: Ya never know. FRANK: No I guess not...cancer...but I already have health insurance. HARRY: For your sake, I hope it s enough. Hey how bout some travel insurance? FRANK: Don t really go anywhere. HARRY: Life? FRANK: Don t think so. Look... HARRY: Identity theft? FRANK: Nope. What I do need... HARRY: I know...death and dismemberment insurance. FRANK: Death and dismemberment insurance? HARRY: Yeah, you die and somebody hacks you up, you re covered. FRANK: What if they don t hack me up? HARRY: Then we don t pay. FRANK: That seems a little harsh. HARRY: Rules are rules. FRANK: You know, I think I ll skip that one as well. HARRY: So...not interested in any of our fine services huh? Lemmee ask ya why the heck did ya call? FRANK: Well, actually...actually I called because...well, I want to cancel my credit card. (We hear a dial tone as HE s disconnected.) Hello? Hello? We ve been disconnected... (Redials.) be monitored for quality assurance and training purposes. And remember, You don t have enough money to buy what you really want. Just use your MystiCard. (Pause) Hello, this is Harry, may I help you? FRANK: Harry? HARRY: That you Frank? FRANK: Yes, we must have been disconnected. HARRY: Oh, I m so sorry. Don t you just hate when that happens? What can I do for you today, Frank? FRANK: I told you: I want to cancel my credit... (FRANK s disconnected again, we hear a dial tone. HE angrily re-dials.) be monitored for quality assurance and training purposes. And remember, There s really nothing money can buy. Just use your MystiCard. (Pause) Hello, this is Harry FRANK: Harry, listen... HARRY: Frank? FRANK: Yes. We keep getting disconnected. HARRY: I m really sorry...betty...you know, my computer...she can be a little temperamental at times. What were we discussing? FRANK: We weren t discussing anything. I was telling you...we re not going to be disconnected again, are we? HARRY: I ll make sure we re not. FRANK: This is a little frustrating, you know. HARRY: I understand, Frank. I m overriding the system as we speak. FRANK: OK. I need to cancel... (HE s disconnected, furiously re-dials). All right...that s it...that s the way you want to play it, huh? No more Mister Nice- Guy... HARRY: Welcome to MystiCard s Customer Service line. Please stay on for... FRANK: Harry? Harry. I know you re out there. HARRY: Frank, how are you? FRANK: Not well, Harry. Not well at all. You disconnected me again. HARRY: No I didn t. FRANK: Yes you did. You said you d override the system...some override HARRY: No need to get snippy, Frank. FRANK: You disconnected me. HARRY: No I didn t. FRANK: Yes you did. HARRY: (Slight pause) All right...i did. FRANK: You can t do that. HARRY: Actually, I can. All I have to do is... FRANK: No...Stop. Don t do that. I want to talk to your supervisor. Right now. HARRY: OK. Hold on a sec. (Muzak plays for a moment.) This is the supervisor. May I help you?

5 FRANK: Yes. I ve been trying to...wait a minute...harry? HARRY: Hello, Frank. FRANK: You re the supervisor? HARRY: You betcha. I understand you have a complaint? FRANK: Well...yes...I...I ve been dealing with one of your employees, Harry, and I m getting nowhere. He s been difficult to deal with...he s disconnected me several times... HARRY: Harry? You sure it was Harry? FRANK: No doubt. HARRY: That s very surprising. He really is one of our best customer service reps...maybe the best. And I m not just saying that because he s me. He is really sharp. FRANK: This is insane. Why am I lodging a complaint about you with you? Wait...these calls are monitored, aren t they? Oooh...once they hear... HARRY: Frank? FRANK: Hmm? HARRY: Know who monitors them? FRANK: Lemmee guess: you. HARRY: Bingo. FRANK: Now just listen to me...please...just listen...i want to...now don t disconnect me...let s act like two reasonable adults here...i want to... (Speaks quickly) cancel my credit card. Harry? Harry, you still there? HARRY: Yes Frank, I m here. FRANK: We weren t disconnected. HARRY: No. FRANK: (Brightening) Well, that s good. Yes, that s very good. So, I want to cancel my credit card... HARRY: You can t do that, Frank. FRANK: I can t? Why can t I? HARRY: Lulubelle. END OF FREE PREVIEW

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